צְנַע ch. same , to guard. B. Kam. 23ᵇ זיל … דלִיצְנְעִינְהוּ (Ar. אַצְנְעִינְהוּ Af.) go and tell the owner of the goats to guard them (from trespassing on my property).—Part. pass. צְנִיעַ; pl. צְנִיעִין a) reserved, kept, guarded. Targ. Y. Deut. X, 5.—B. Bath. 58ᵃ אמאי לא צְנִיעַת באיסורא why art thou not more guarded in thy immoral conduct?—b) retired, chaste, v. צְנִיעַ.
Af. - אַצְנַע to put aside, deposit, withdraw (from use). Targ. Num. XVII, 22. Targ. Lev. XVI, 23; a. fr.—B. Mets. 25ᵇ אטו אמוריים מַצְנְעֵי וכ׳ is it only Amorites that hide (their treasures in walls) &c.? B. Bath. 24ᵃ דמיגניב מניה ואִיצַּנּוּעֵי בגויה לא מצנעי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for Var. Lect.) as to being stolen from there and hidden, they would not hide it in the same grounds from the surface of which they had taken it. Ib. אבל עינבי מַצְנְעֵי (or מִיצְנְעֵי) but grapes they may hide in the same grounds; a. e.—B. Kam. l. c. אַצְנְעִינְהוּ guard them, v. supra.—[Cant. R. to I, 16 מצנעה, v. נְעַץ.]
Pa. - צַנַּע 1) to restrain, make a person respect authority. Nidd. 36ᵇ זיל צַנְּעֵיה go and make him respect my authority. —2) to cause a person to live in retirement (a mild method of excommunication). Kidd. 25ᵃ זיל צַנְּעִינְהוּ go and tell them to withdraw (cmp. הכבד ושב בביתך, M. Kat. 17ᵃ).
Ithpa. - אִצְטַנַּע, אִיצַּנַּע,
Ithpe. - אִיצְּנַע 1) to restrain one’s self. Targ. Y. Gen. XIV, 15 (not אַצְטִינְעָא). —2) to be private, to be hidden. B. Bath. 60ᵃ מצינא לאִצְטַנּוּעֵי מינך I can be private (protect myself) from thy gaze. Ib. 24ᵃ, v. supra.